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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Because the second statement is an outright insult to traditional-leaning gamers? It suggests that it's wrong to not be interested in... -
The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is illusionism, which is a form of railroading. It completely negates player choice. To me, it's the worst form of railroading as...
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Wouldn't that be nice? Like I said above, I still feel folks are treating this thread as an excuse to bash on traditional games and the...
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But "I like simulation and prep" is part of the preference. You have to accept the whole thing as a preference, not pick it apart...
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Disagree. 4e was explicitly less traditional than any official D&D game before or since, both mechanically and in the lore. It wouldn't...
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
And we're back to preference. Seriously, is there anyone here who is unclear about the idea being discussed, or all we all just...
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The Firebird reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The skills are useful. Say there is a preestablished obstacle that "must" be overcome. There can be more than one way to overcome it...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yeah--random tables do this, because random tables are a type of fixed content. And the DM should interpret the results of the table in...
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The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Nobody is saying or implying that from my side of things. And nobody has shown(or can show) the position my side is taking on...
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The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If you run a pre-established setting, much of the pre-establishment has been done for you. The same with pre-written adventures like...
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The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's not "where the PCs are" It's in the particular spot in the forest that the 2pm wandering monster roll would happen. I just roll it...
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The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes it is optional. In both 5e and 5.5e. The default is not to run skill checks that way. The RULE is in the PHB and it says nothing...
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The Firebird reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You can still do prep (Guidance, Potion, Rage) and still miss on an attack. The 7-9 in that game reflects a consequence must arise. Your...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think if the conclusion here is "people dislike narrative games for well founded reasons about what they get out of play" rather than...
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The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Right, and that works both ways. That's probably why the two sides of this discussion have the preferences that we do.